Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 4th Dec 2001 17:47 UTC
IBM's OS/2 has a great history as a workstation operating system, it was a major alternative OS in the '90s. At its peak time in the mid-'90s OS/2 had about 2 million users but the Windows NT and Windows 95 releases broke its further development. This year Serenity Systems has released a new client version of OS/2. This article will introduce you to what OS/2 is all about. You will learn its history, its user interface, and its power under the hood. The article is also accompanied by a number of screenshots.
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that is the only way to save it from demise. I think that if OS/2 were open sourced that not only would it provide a much needed technology boost for other GPL OSs, it will also make it a better OS. the kernel is top notch, it needs drivers, but those can be ported from Linux, at least they can take the specs that the Linux drivers use. Opening up will allow folks to keep the good, throw out the bad and replace with better stuff (like a real working installer) heck...I bet that a lot of Open Source OS projects would love to have the base OS/2 as a starting point.